En Plein Air 2016 Exhibition
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University of Lethbridge Dr. Foster James Penny Building 324 5 St. South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 2B5
En Plein Air 2016
Photo courtesy University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Reception: Saturday, December 3, 3 – 5 pm
Regular Hours: M – F, 9 am – 4 pm
Community artists engage with the Coutts Centre property
Co-sponsored by the U of L Art Gallery, the U of L Faculty of Fine Arts and the U of L Alumni Association.
ABOUT EN PLEIN AIR 2016
En Plein Air 2016 brought together more than 100 artists over the spring and summer at the University of Lethbridge’s Coutts Centre for Western Heritage just outside of Nanton, Alberta. They came from all over southern Alberta – the Crowsnest Pass, Lethbridge, Claresholm, Nanton, Okotoks, High River, Calgary, Canmore, Didsbury and Banff – even from Fernie, Saskatchewan and Hawaii!
Most of the artists attended one of the 3 dates on which the U of L Art Gallery hosted the, “En Plein Air days”, May 22, June 19 or August 14. Many attended the Coutts Centre Arts Festival hosted by the Faculty of Fine Arts on July 24 – a day of live music, art making, garden touring and Shakespeare-in-the-Garden. Some of the artists also attended the Coutts Centre on their own time, assisted by the gracious Centre management and grounds crew who welcomed artists as and when they showed up.
The works submitted for the, En Plein Air 3, exhibition in the Dr. Foster James Penny Building will represent the work of participating artists, depicting the many moods, weather systems and lighting conditions of the Coutts Centre over the course of an Alberta spring and summer, from blossom to harvest. The array of colours and media in this exhibition are as diverse as the lovely gardens and grounds at the Coutts family homestead.
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